Seth Godin Quotes
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But what if I fail? You will. A better question might be, ‘after I fail, what then?’ If you’ve chosen well, after you fail you will be one step closer to succeeding, you will be wiser and stronger and you almost certainly will be more respected by all of those that are afraid to try.
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School is at its best when it gives students the expectation that they will not only dream big, but dream dreams that they can work on every day until they accomplish them-not because they were chosen by a black-box process, but because they worked hard enough to reach them.
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Now for the first time, you can choose yourself. You can be responsible for what you do and how you do it. You have to do the hard work of finding and pleasing an audience.
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The joy of art is particularly sweet, though, because it carries with it the threat of rejection, of failure, and of missed connections. It's precisely the high-wire act of "this might not work" that makes original art worth doing.
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If you could do tomorrow over again, would you?
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Make something happen today, before you go home, before the end of the week. Launch that idea, post that post, run that ad, call that customer. Go the edge, that edge you've been holding back from... and do it today. Without waiting for the committee or your boss or the market. Just go.
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We are leaving the industrial economy and entering the connection economy.
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The job is not the work.
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The challenge of our time is to find a journey worthy of your heart and your soul.
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If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you'll probably have to conceal your true nature to keep that job.
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My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results.
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Habits are where our lives and careers and bodies are made.
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Where do you go to get permission to make a dent in the Universe ? If you think there's a chance you can make a dent, go !
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So much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work that matters and stands the test of time.
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Great leaders create movements by empowering the tribe to communicate. They establish the foundation for people to make connections, as opposed to commanding people to follow them.
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Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn't do it for money.
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The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.
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Giving people what they want isn't always what they want.
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Sign your work...If you're not proud of it, don't ship it. If you are, sign your work and own the results. We'll know who to thank. If you work for a place where work goes unsigned (internally, in particular) it's worth asking why.
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Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it's not a plan. It's a version of waiting and hoping.
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At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.
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When you are trusted because you care, it's quite likely the revenue will take care of itself
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Everyone picks the best one when given a choice.
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People watch what you do more than listen to what you say.